Match-box.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. PINCKNEY, OF STANTON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO WILLIAM P. GAMBER, OF STANTON, MICHIGAN.

MATCH-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application filed April 7, 1906. Serial No. 310,542.

To-all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. PINOKNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stanton, in the county of Montcalm and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Match Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to match-boxes of the single-delivery type; and its primary object is to provide a novel and highly useful device of this character which is simple of construction and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

The invention consists of the construction, combination, and. arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Wherein Figure 1 is a central and longitudinal section of a match-box constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in top elevation. Fig. 3 is a view in end elevation. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 1 designates the match-box, which is substantially elliptical in cross-section and which is made of the proper size to be carried in the vest-pocket. The rear end of the box is permanently closed by a plate 2, while the front end thereof is partially closed by a plate 3, to which is hingedly connected a cover 4. The bottom of the box is constructed to provide a longitudinally-extending match-receiving groove 5, which is adapted to receive but one match at a time. The plate 3 is provided with an opening 6, which is in alinement with the groove 5 and through which a match is adapted to be projected beyond the front of the box. Secured within the box and spaced from the rear end thereof by means of bars 8 is a partition 7. The partition is provided with two diametrically-opposed openings 9 10, the opening 10 being alined with the groove 5 and the opening 9 being situated at a point adjacent the top of the box. A lever 11 is pivotally supported within the box in rear of the partition 7 by a pin 12, which is carried by the bars 8. An ejector-rod 13 is pivotally secured to the lower or operating end of the lever 1 1 and has its free end disposed within and movable through the opening 10, whereby upon the depression of the upper or power end of the lever said ejector-rod is moved into the groove 5 and projects a match through the opening 6 beyond the front end of the box. An operating-rod 14 has its rear end pivotally connected to the power end of the lever 11 and its front end bent at a right angle and passed through a slot 15 in the top of the box. A knob 16 is secured to the bent end of the rod 14 and is adapted to be moved in a rearward direction when it is desired to proj ect a match beyond the front end of the box. The ejector-rod 13 is held normally Withdrawn from the groove 5 by an elastic mem ber 17, which has one of its ends secured to the top of the box and its other end secured to the rod 14. A rearward movement of the knob 16 will move the ejector-rod 13 into the groove 5. This movement of the rod 13 proj ects a match through the opening 6 beyond the front end of the box, in which position the match may be readily removed from the box. Upon releasing the knob 16 the elastic member 17 will withdraw the ejector-rod 13 from the groove 5, and thereby reset the proj ecting means.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and mode of operation of the invention should be understood without a further extended description.

Changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having fully described and illustrated my invention, what I claim is A match-box provided with an opening located in its front end and with a longitudinally-extending and elongated slot located in its top, a partition arranged within the box at a point adjacent its rear end and provided with openings, one of said openings alining with the opening in the front end of the box and the other of said openings being located adjacent the top of the box, bars secured to the side walls of the box to retain the partition in applied position, a pin carried by the bars, a lever pivotally mounted upon said pin, an ejector-rod secured to the operating end of said lever and having its free end closed Within and movable through the opening in the partition alining with the opening in the front end of the box, an operating-rod In testimony whereof I affix my signature having its rear end secured to the power end in presence of two witnesses. of "the lever and its front end bent at a right angle and passed through the slot in the top WILLIAM PINCKNEY' of the boX, a knob secured to the bent end of Witnesses: the rod, and an elastic member secured to RUTH M. MILLER,

the box and to the rod. 1 FRANK .A. MILLER. 

